mital مثال
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mital” (مثال) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning example.
Meanings
- example
- proverb, saying
Usage
Mital is the usual word for "example": you ask for or give chi mital to illustrate an idea. The plural is amtila. The expression 3la sbil lmital, "for example", comes from Standard Arabic and is heard in a formal register. In everyday conversation, people more often say b7al or matalan. The sense "proverb" also exists but is rarer: for a popular saying, people mostly say lmtel or lmtal. The word is not used in the sense of "model to imitate".
Example
ممكن تعطيني شي مثال؟
momkin t3Tini chi mital?
“Can you give me an example?”
Forms
| plural | amtila |
|---|
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mital” but also “mithal”, “mitale” and “mtal”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mital” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “example, illustrative case”; “role model”: methal in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “example, illustrative case”; “model to follow”: mithel in Tunisian.